- Waymo just reached 20 million public unsupervised rides. When will it be validated enough for Tesla fanboys? (Answer: never)
- Counterpoint: Waymo
> solid engineering defense for moving towards just computer vision
COUNTERPOINT: WAYMO
- The us has a population of about 340,000,100. Notice where the 1 is.
- > So where is my brain fried?
Many places.
First, you can get a zero down loan at that income level. Wouldn’t recommend it but I can tell you haven’t seriously explored home loans if you don’t know this.
Second, if you make $250k a year and you’re struggling to put $10k, or hell, even $50k down… you need to make a budget because damn
> you literally still need to save to have your downpayment. While you're renting.
Just so you know, I did it. I bought a condo a 20 minute train ride from sf, making quite a bit less than 250k.
I did it at $180k a year by moving into a studio in oakland, and that was overkill tbh. Saved $1.5k a month and biennial vacations were to New York and Vegas instead of France and Japan. Such a sacrifice /s. Now imagine how easy it’d be with an extra $70k (about the average annual salary).
The best advice i can make to you, if you really are making above 200k a year, is to make a budget spreadsheet.
- Why would it devour you in the dark?
- I’m not a boomer and the core conditional of this whole thread is that you make $250k a year. If you’re making $250k and you still think what you just said, you are completely incorrect.
- No? What?
I mentioned Lifestyle creep before but what is with everyone’s fried brains?
A small condo in a nice neighborhood in Santa Clara is below $500k. Yes, that’s a lot, and you certainly can get more bang for your buck if you’re willing to do a little commuting.
Btw a $1m house is accessible if you make $250k yr, although to be honest, I would highly recommend against it
- Well yes, there are tradeoffs. On the other hand, go ahead and burn 3k a month on rent.
There is no one size fits all solution but i’m surprised at how many people here are inadvertently revealing to me that they haven’t even tried evaluating.
For example, you saying there’s nothing “affordable” when the baseline assumption is an income of $250k? Can tell you haven’t looked at what’s in your price range. Alright, good luck I guess!
- Bro, I can tell you haven’t even tried. Talk to a mortgage advisor.
- Well, interest rates are high right now, but you’d be surprised at how little down payment you need for purchasing a house or a condo. If you’re a tech worker with a stable career making that kind of money, most underwriters will just give you the loan.
I think people commonly underestimate how accessible this stuff is
It’s easy to make a 40 year forecast spreadsheet for retirement, including housing costs, property, taxes, maintenance. Include vacation, budget, food, general cost of living.
- Rent? Ever heard of equity? If you make 250k you can afford a nice condo. Right away that blows a huge hole in your math.
Also $1k month on bills? Groceries too?
Judging by your inflated costs for everything, and ann idea that a house (versus more modest accommodations) is what the goal is, you’ve got Lifestyle creep. And, things certainly get a lot easier when your spouse also works.
- I think maybe that was implied, considering the topic of conversation and website we’re on.
That said if you’re making $250k+ a year and not on track to retire by 50, seriously please open a retirement calculator and figure out what you need to do to get there.
- That “rational move” has always been a good move, regardless of AI. This is a boom/bust industry, and the next boom will come in a few years. While we’re at it, if you’re making engineer money, you should be targeting retirement at 50. I’m not saying you have to do that, but it sure helps to have that option.
- Between adblock, piracy, and generally avoiding services, and things that make me see ads…
it’s always really jarring when I visit my parents and I’m forced to watch cable TV. It’s like being assaulted.
- Engine of Theseus
- I’m not trying to be crass, but SW did very little engineering after 1981. By 1985, he was still openly struggling. He may have been involved in integration but it’s very unlikely that he “invented” adb.
- Yeah, it’s kinda like such a reasonable thing too
Doing on device compute is probably expensive and would prohibit such a product based on the economics but ITS A GENITAL CAM
- I don’t think in terms of servers, I think in terms of applications
Applications are my pets. Servers are the pens I keep them in. Pets are precious, pens are replaceable.
- Is it rookhotel.com?
Second of all, they’re using cameras to detect things like signs and trash cans! I don’t know where this misconception came from that Waymo only uses lidar, but it demonstrates a lack of familiarity with the problem space and the solutions